apparently boxing and wrestling were among the sports Wilde was good at.
Is it ironic then that the father of modern boxing is the man who got him thrown in jail?
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Dec 05, 2009 1:25:54 pm PST #10473 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Typo Boy - Dec 05, 2009 1:43:27 pm PST #10474 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I would say so. Especially since, if you think about it the man got him in jail by not exactly playing by Marquis of Queensberry rules. Incidentally though it did not end well for Wilde he made one of the great tough-guy replies of all time. When threatened with violence by the Marquesse, he said "I do not know what the Queensberry rules are, but the Oscar Wilde rule is to shoot on sight."
juliana - Dec 05, 2009 3:01:02 pm PST #10475 of 28370
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
When threatened with violence by the Marquesse, he said "I do not know what the Queensberry rules are, but the Oscar Wilde rule is to shoot on sight."
My Wilde-crush continues unabated. And I cannot resist linking to Questionable Content's take on Wilde: [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 06, 2009 4:38:27 pm PST #10476 of 28370
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Do any fellow horror fans recall a short story which is an account by a wife of disturbing psychic contact with her husband's deceased consciousness as his brain decomposes after untimely death? I recall vaguely that it was written by some author with a reputation as an occultist, but not his name or that of the story.
Typo Boy - Dec 07, 2009 9:49:02 am PST #10477 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sorry Matt. I remember this vaguely too (but are you sure the Psychic link was with his wife), but can't remember the specifics better than you can.
In completely unrelated news: Catherine and Heathcliff audition for Twilight. (As you've probably guessed McSweenys) [link]
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 07, 2009 12:13:24 pm PST #10478 of 28370
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
No, the link may have been with a third party who was relaying information. I recall the proposal that the only hope for people to avoid torment after death was via dynamite used in such a way that the brain was completely destroyed.
A long time ago I had the mistaken impression that it might be LeFanu, but it doesn't match anything I've found in his bibliography and I think he's too early for the dynamite solution.
Typo Boy - Dec 07, 2009 1:29:08 pm PST #10479 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK then we are remembering the same one. And I still don't know who wrote it. It did not have the LeFanu style either. Not exactly terse, but not lush either.
Hil R. - Dec 08, 2009 12:08:39 pm PST #10480 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I am reading Twilight. Just finished New Moon. The Bella/Edward relationship is even more disturbing than I'd imagined.
Strix - Dec 08, 2009 12:15:38 pm PST #10481 of 28370
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
HAHAHAHAHA! Wait till you get to the last book. My bf still thinks I'm making it up.
I wish I were.
Hil R. - Dec 08, 2009 12:21:39 pm PST #10482 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I started reading the first one when I was recovering from my wisdom tooth extraction, then picked up the second mostly so that I could figure out the whole Team Edward and Team Jacob thing that a few of my fellow grad students are always arguing about. My sister said these books were "so romantic." (Well, she says the fourth one is weird, but the first three are romantic.) I think I'm even more disturbed than I was when she insisted Wuthering Heights was romantic.